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MJM226 Observing what is left of one of his winter wheat fields, farmer, Richard Uhrick (cq), 69, sits in his van near his farm outside of Fort Morgan, Col. Uhrick has had his crops waste away after he was forced to stop using his irrigation wells by officials. Colorado is losing irrigated farms at a rapid rate due to drought, the shutdown of irrigation wells and the purchase of once plentiful farm water by cities. Morgan County has been particularly hard hit. (MATT MCCLAIN/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)

MJM226 Observing what is left of one of his winter wheat fields, farmer, Richard Uhrick (cq), 69, sits in his van near his farm outside of Fort Morgan, Col. Uhrick has had his crops waste away after he was forced to stop using his irrigation wells by officials. Colorado is losing irrigated farms at a rapid rate due to drought, the shutdown of irrigation wells and the purchase of once plentiful farm water by cities. Morgan County has been particularly hard hit. (MATT MCCLAIN/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)

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Observing what is left of one of his winter wheat fields, farmer Richard Uhrick sits in his van near his farm outside of Fort Morgan. Uhrick has seen his crops waste away after Colorado officials told him to stop using his irrigation wells. Morgan County Assessor Bob Wooldridge estimates that about $30 million of land value has been lost because once-fertile, irrigated land will now have to be classified as dry land.

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MJM;MJM226 Colorado is losing irrigated farms at a rapid rate due to drought, the shutdown of irrigation wells and the purchase of once plentiful farm water by cities. Morgan County has been particularly hard hit. (MATT MCCLAIN/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)

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2006-07-27 15:31:59

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2006:07:27 07:09:50

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